Review: How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn


Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author.

How My Neighbor Stole Christmas is a holiday romance from Meghan Quinn with some major How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss except with fake relationship feels to warm you up during these cooler months (unless you live in the Southern hemisphere). Set in the fictional town of Kringletown, Colorado, we have ourselves Cole Black, quite possibly the love child of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Grinch except with a whole lot of grumpy hotness, who pretty much lives in a place that is the epitome of the holiday he abhors most all year round. So, he does his best to ignore the holly, the jolly, and everything in between, which is easier said than done. Then Storee Taylor moves in next door, which was bad enough, to take care of her ailing great aunt, and makes things oh-so-worse by deciding to enter the town's Christmas Kringle competition. What's a guy like Cole to do? Why, sign up and give her a run for her money, of course. Add in a fake relationship into the mix, and well, neither one expected jingle the other's bell in such Kringle-y fashion. These neighbors may not only be stealing each other's Christmas but they could end up stealing each other's bruised hearts as well.

It's never too early to read a holiday romance, especially when it's a romantic comedy written by Meghan Quinn. I'm happy to report that this standalone is most certainly NOT coal in your stocking; instead you get Cole, and a hilarious story with his nemesis named Storee. There were a lot of laughs to be had, which is par for the course since this is Quinn wielding the proverbial (and maybe even literal) pen here. It felt like a game of one-upmanship with Cole and Storee, but that's what happens when there's history that clouds their judgment with the whole Christmas Kringle thing. Everything gets complicated in the process, but figuring their feelings out is part of what makes this rom-com even more interesting. There's also some angst courtesy of what led to Cole to be anti-Christmas and Storee's issues with her family, and I won't say no to a bit of angst even in a rom-com. I definitely didn't go wrong with my first holiday romance read for the year with How My Neighbor Stole Christmas, which scores 4.5 stars out five stars.

Release Date: 15 October 2024

Date Read: 11 October 2024

Learn more about Meghan Quinn.

Pre-order How My Neighbor Stole Christmas on Amazon.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Review: Him by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy (Him #1)

Image
Four years' worth of meaningless sexual encounters flash through my head as I break the kiss and slide down his body again. All those guys I hooked up with in the past...they're a blur. They're faceless. Sometimes they were faceless even when I was with them. I got off, they got off, but I wasn't fully present. I always held something back from them. Not with Jamie. I can't hold back with him, and never could. Holy book hangover. It's confirmed: there's something seriously wrong with me to have waited as long as I did to read this novel, though I'm counting getting it on sale as an absolute bonus. I get it now. I seriously and absolutely get why Him , the first book in the series by the same name from the writing tandem of Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy, has received and continues to receive the stellar reviews and accolades it's gotten since its release in July of last year. I've read many an M/M romance novel and yes, I've read...
Read on...

Release Blitz: YOLO by Lani Lynn Vale

Image
YOLO (Carter Brothers #7) by Lani Lynn Vale Release Date: November 1, 2024 About YOLO Garrett Carter knew the moment he saw her years prior that she was the one. His one, however, had a fiancé. And she was rich. She also lived out of state. So what other option did he have but to let her go? Years later, he sees her again at her worst. Her husband-to-be has stranded her on a hiking trail with a head wound, convinced she’s faking her blindness. Garrett takes one look at the injured Bindi Howe and knows there’s no way she’s faking it. Rushing her to the hospital, he gets her there just in time to save her life. During the craziness, Garrett has no clue it’s her—his one. He leaves her there with her family and goes back home to his lonely life. Only fate intervenes for him a third time, and it’s then that Garrett decides that he’s going to go for it. But, like always, life intervenes, and he’s forced to leave her behind once again to keep her safe. As luck would h...
Read on...

Release Blast: Finding Out by Jenni Bara

Image
Finding Out (The Boston Revs Three Outs #4) by Jenni Bara Release Date: December 1, 2024 About Finding Out Control. That’s where I excel. Everything in my life is rigidly planned, nothing ever takes me by surprise, until her. Wren Jacobs. I swear the woman was put on earth to drive me insane. She's too young, too beautiful, my daughter's best friend, and one of my best friend’s daughters. In other words, completely off limits. And for one weekend she's the art curator assigned to help me pick up my newest painting. My only job is keep my hands off the forbidden woman almost twenty years my junior. Every whisper of daddy Wilson that falls from her lips drives me closer to forgetting my rules and realizing this nightmare might be the fantasy I need for the night. Even if one night could be enough, will everyone finding out destroy it all? Add Finding Out on BookBub ,  Goodreads , and StoryGraph . Purchase Links Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA |...
Read on...